Recorded 1979–2025 · United States
Yaira was most popular in 2007, when 42 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,457 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,831, with 16 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 584 people named Yaira.
Yaira first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1979, which makes it about 46 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 47 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 584 American births named Yaira between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 577 are estimated to be alive today.
16 American babies were named Yaira in 2025, ranking #11,831 that year.
Yaira is too rare for a direction to mean much. It averaged 13 births a year across 2021–2025 against 12 a year a decade earlier — at these counts a single baby moves the percentage, and any year under five births is withheld at source.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Yaira is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 584 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 577 Americans named Yaira are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 20 years old, and half are between 13 and 25. That is a narrow band: Yaira arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org